Wearality’s 150 Degree Lenses Are a Balancing Act, Not a Breakthrough
After hearing positive reports of Wearality's 150 degree VR lenses, I was excited to try them for myself. Having done so, I came away with a sense that, barring entirely new ways of bending light, there is no such...
‘River’ VR Accelerator Startups Showcased at Founder Field Day (part 1)
The first class of Rothenberg Ventures' 'River' VR accelerator have graduated. Thirteen companies, in which Rothenberg invested a combined $1.3 million, showed off their latest work at the company's annual Founder Field Day event. Road to VR was on the...
Best of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015 – Part 1: Technolust, SMS Racing, Colosse
Oculus' Mobile VR Jam has garnered over 300 entries vying for over $1,000,000 in cash prizes, and that means the competition to deliver immersive content for Gear VR is as stiff as they come. In part one of a...
‘Angry Birds’ Developer Rovio Demo’ing VR Version of Their Mobile Blockbuster
Rovio, the developer behind the mobile smash-hit Angry Birds, has created a virtual reality experience based on the popular game. The development studio showed off Angry Birds VR at the Rock in Rio festival this past weekend.
Shown running on...
WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – May #1
In May, WEARVR and Road to VR are joining forces to bring you VR goodness from the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. This video gives a glimpse of the top 10 most popular experiences...
‘MythBusters’ and More from Discovery Being Filmed in VR
MythBusters is getting virtual next season with the help of Discovery Digital Media, the wing of Discovery that produces original content and innovative multiplatform experiences.
As first reported by Adweek, the MythBusters team has already begun "shooting VR for next season," and...
My Hands-on With WEVR’s ‘theBlu: Encounter’ – Face to Face with a Giant of the Sea
WEVR's theBlu: Encounter was one of only a handful of titles to grace Valve's demo suite when the HTC Vive was revealed at GDC 2015 in March. Matthew Terndrup paid a visit to the developers' headquarters to spend some...
SVVR Expo 2015 Line-Up Takes Shape – $100 Discount for Road to VR Readers
The 2015 Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference and Expo is just around the corner, so we've taken a look at what is shaping up to be a packed schedule. We've also got $100 discount codes for all Road to VR readers!
SVVR's second...
Gear VR for Galaxy S6 On Sale Today, Best Buy Price-Matches Samsung
The newest iteration of Samsung Gear VR, the company's VR headset designed to work with Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, is now available from both Samsung's US website and Best Buy's online store for $199.
Samsung is today accepting orders for the...
Unity and Unreal Engine Now Both Support HTC Vive Development
The industry's two largest game engines, Unity and Unreal Engine, are now both officially supported by SteamVR, Valve's full-featured 'room-scale' VR experience. The integration of the two game engines will allow developers to immediately begin developing for HTC Vive.
Unity and Unreal Engine now both...
